Bound Brook, New Jersey
Bound Brook, New Jersey | |
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Bound Brook Hotel on Main Street | |
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Location of Bound Brook in Somerset County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Somerset County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Bound Brook, New Jersey | |
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| Coordinates: 40°34′06″N 74°32′18″W / 40.56833°N 74.53833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Somerset |
| Incorporated | February 11, 1891 |
| Named after | Bound Brook (Raritan River) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Dominic Longo (D, unexpired term ends December 31, 2027) |
| • Administrator | Jasmine D. McCoy |
| • Municipal clerk | Jasmine D. McCoy |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.69 sq mi (4.39 km2) |
| • Land | 1.66 sq mi (4.30 km2) |
| • Water | 0.035 sq mi (0.09 km2) 2.00% |
| • Rank | 432nd of 565 in state 18th of 21 in county |
| Elevation | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 11,988 |
• Estimate (2023) | 12,371 |
| • Rank | 212th of 565 in state 10th of 21 in county |
| • Density | 7,217.3/sq mi (2,786.6/km2) |
| • Rank | 64th of 565 in state 3rd of 21 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08805 |
| Area code | 732 |
| FIPS code | 3403506790 |
| GNIS feature ID | 885166 |
| Website | www |
Bound Brook is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located along the Raritan River. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 11,988, an increase of 1,586 (+15.2%) from the 2010 census count of 10,402, which in turn reflected an increase of 247 (+2.4%) from the 10,155 counted in the 2000 census.
Bound Brook was originally incorporated as a town by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 24, 1869, within portions of Bridgewater Township. On February 11, 1891, it was reincorporated as a borough, based on the results of a referendum held on the previous day.